Vehicle ventilator



' June19, 1928 M. A. NOSAL YEHICLE VENTILATOR iled May 28, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 1 z- 3 I ATTOR N EY WITNESS:

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Patented June 19, 1928.

UNITE rs MICHAEL A. NOSAL, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

VEHICLE VENTILATOR.

Application filed m 28, 1927.

This invention relates to a ventilator for a closed type of motor vehicle, the general object of the invention being to provide means whereby air in the vehicle can pass through the top thereof and escape into the atmosphere while preventing wind and rain from entering the vehicle through the vein,

tiiator.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combi nation and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is aside view of a motor vehicle provided with my invention.

Figure 2 is a section on line ure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of a portion of the ventilator.

Figure 4 is a view of portion of the ceiling of the vehicle, showing the invention therein, parts being broken away.

Figure 5 is a View of the central part of the ventilator, showing the opening therein.

Figure 6 is a section on line 66 of Figure 4.

Figure 7 is a view of one of the end members of the ventilator.

Figure 8 is a section on line 8-8 of F igure 7.

As shown in these drawings, the ventilator comprises a long narrow casing 1 having a central opening 2 in its lower side and hav ing its ends open and frame members 3 covering the said ends, each member being held in place by bolts or the like passing through perforations 4 in the plate and through per- 2-2 of Figforated ears 5 formed at the edges of the casing. Each member 3 is provided with an opening 6 and a plurality of plates 7 is arranged in said opening at an angle of 45 from the vertical and each plate 7 extends at an angle of from the inner side of the frame member to the outer side thereof. Thus these plates will permit air to pass from the ventilator casing 1 but will prevent rain or snow from entering the casing and they will also act to prevent wind from blowing into the casing.

Serial No. 195,072.

the top of the its ends extending through thetop, as shown in Figures A hole is cut in'thc lining to register with the hole 2 in the lower side of the casing andthen a grid plate 9 is fastened to the casing to cover the hole, this plate also acting to clamp the lining to the casing, as shown in Figures 4 and 6. i A pair of battle plates 10 is placed in the casing, one on each side of the hole 2 and the plates ofeach pair extend at a 45 angle toward the outer end of the casing, with one plate slightly in advance of the other so that an opening 11 is left between the plates of each pair. These plates form wind breaks and act to prevent any wind that enters the casing by the plates 7 from passing through the opening 2 into the vehicle. From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a simple form of ventilator which will act from the interior of the vehicle, while preventing drafts from occurring in the vehicle, as the plates 10 and the plates 7 act to prevent wind from tor into the vehicle.

This device will prevent injury to the tion that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is z A ventilator for a vehicle comprising a casing adapted to beplaced in the top of the vehicle and to extend through the'sides of the top, said casing having an opening in its lower side communicating with the interior of the vehicle, frame members atthe ends of the casing and plates in each frame member placed at an angle from the vertical and sloping rearwardly from theinner side of the frame member to the outer side thereof.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

' MICHAEL A. NOSAL.

parts, provided that such changes fall within ceiling of the to draw any gases or foul air passing through the venti1a-' 

